Improvement in the modes of fastening hub-bands



J. IVES.

Hub Fastener.

No. 111,547. Patented Feb. '7, 1871.

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JAMES .I-vus, oF-M-oUNToAaMEL, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 111,547, dated February 7, 1871'.

IMPROVEMENTIN THE oots OF FASTENING HUB-BANDS, m.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom-4t may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES Ivns, of Mount Oarm-el, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a. new and improved mode of Securing Bands to'Hubs and other objects; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a diametrical .section through ahub, showing my; improved mode o'fsecuring bands to it.

Figure 2 -is=-.a;. diarnetrical section through a band which is countersunk partly through, ready for use.

Figure 3 is a similar view of the band after it has been punched through, as it appears in fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the three figures.

The object of my invention is to secure thick metal bands on the ends of hubs and other objects in a more substantial manner than hitherto, and" insuch manner that-portions of the bands themselveslare made to serve as fastenings' in combination with the nails or pius usedas additional security.

The following description will enable others skilled in the art to earry it into effect.

In the annexed drawing- A A represent metal bands, which are of suitable In the act of forcing a hole through the bands at the depressions g, the displaced metal is carried down into the wood so "as to leave burrs, c c, which will be of greater or lesser length and strength according to the'thickness of the metal and size of the hole pierced.

After this has been done the nails 1) may be driven through the holes into the wood, the heads of which nails will'fill the holes through the bands and leave a neat finish. The nails will also prevent theburrs c from retracting, while the burrs will in a great measure prevent liabilityof the nails working loose.

' 1110 not confine myinventiou to hub-bands alone, as it is equally applicable and useful tothe fastening of various metal parts to the wood parts of carriages j and other things. i

I am aware that ferrules are fastened upon toolhandles by indenting the metaliuto the wood, the

metal being so thin that no preparation by drilling is I needed. But an important part of my improvement consists in the concave depression which fits the metal otherwise too thick for piercing or indenting.

The depression can be pierced by drilling, forging, or casting, according to shape of metal put in use.

Having described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-' 1. The mode of securing hub-bands and other metal articles by means of blank couutersinkiug, as described, so that the remaining thin portion of metal, when punched through, will form holding-burrs, sub stantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The mode oi fastening in place the hub-band or other metal article by means of a nail and burr com-- bined, the burr being formed from the remaining thin portion of metal, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JAMES IVES.

Witnesses i CHARLES U. BLATcnLnY, N. M. Ivns. 

